Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-09
THE HACKMAN,S DIRECTIONS.
Police Regulations Which the Livery.
men DO Not Like.

RATES-A LIVERY STABLEKEEPERS VIEWS-A TALK
WITH NIGHT-LINER-THE HACKMAN VERSUS THE
CABMAN-HACKS AT FUNERALS, ETC.
SHOW do you regard the new police regulations
| as they affect your business?" asked q STAR re-
porter OF a prominent liveryman.
swell, II they are to be enforced strictly and to
the letter. 1T will affect us seriously that is they
will be disregarded, and there will be another
test similar to that recently Occasioned by the at
tempt to enforce the Sunday laws. In some re-
spects the rules are admirable, and will be well
coined by US, but in others they are absurd. Now
look at this for sample: Every hack shall have
permanently AFFIXED to the interior thereof in a
place readily to be by the passenger the FORE
going schedule OF rates and no other which SEIZED
ule shall be printed on heavy white cards, by 10
inches in size, printed In black INK with full face
double primer Roman type, to be furnished by the
Major OF Police hack is construed by the reg
ulations to be any hired vehicle whatever, and
consequently every bridal couple hiring carriage
will be compelled to ride facing that destroyer Of
their happiness, their first bill BY this construc-
level with the 'night-linerS.'
"The Commissioners have fixed the rates in a
manner that savors OF tyranny. Some OF the
prices are all right but here Is feature that ia
very unjust. carriage Is hired in town. aud
driven to point beyond the limits Of Georgetown
and there dismissed; we are allowed the sum of
twenty-five cents for returning, when It, In reality
costs US, In drivers hire much as the other part
OF the trip, and in many cases we have to come
These prices really intended to govern the cabs
ana nacks which walt ON the street for employ
Side trade In carriages as we'll"
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE AVENUE
SHOW about the rule compelling cabs to keep on
the south side Of Pennsylvania avenue when seek
ing employment?"
''That is good rule, replied the 1veryman. "for
In the present state OF things the north half is
usually comfortably filled with other vehcles and
the CaDInen often unnecessarily ha
This Will result In more equal division OF the
traffic. person can call a cab just as well
raising Of q finger those fellows who have eyes
like hawks, Will fly at once"
'What Is your opinion in regard to the regula-
ton about the lampS?" queried the reporter
81 thought you would come to that" answered
the hveryman smiling. 'That is the worst of all
In the first place, 1t will cost about $50 to get new
set OF lamps for each carriage, and we Shall have
to get new lamps If they to be seen from three
sides, as stipulated: We cannot change those now
in use without sending them to New York, and we
should prefer to purchase new ones-Which we
won't do. Every wagon and truck Will have to go
to this expense II the regulation is enforced.
Aside from that the regulation Is Objectionable for
several reasons. One will be unable to distinguish
the direction carriage Is going when he sees
the lights, for they are to be visible from both
ends. This might be avoided by adopting the
steamboat plan, using different colors, but
hardly believe that such plan would work
eyes so that at times he is unable to see anything
NO, sir, we are not going to pay any attention to
CnlS lamp RUE, 1Or IL Is llnDrdct1caOi6
1.-THE regulations say that PENNSYLVANIA avenue
shall be considered as two streets, which is all
right and Will be good for all drivers and passen-
gers. believe chat the regulations will slit them
selves down to practical basis and when they
have been relieved OF some OF the Objectionable
features OF which I have spoken we Will not
grumble. But sifted or not, we are lot going to
notice those features, and then possibly there win
be fun"
TH8 NIGHT-LINERS SIDE
At the hack-stand at Market Space, the reporter
discovered "hawk-eyed" night-liner, who was
ready and willing to express an opinion of the new
regulations. "Well," he said 81 thinks they is un
just, particular In the way OF the rates. Here we
has invested between 81 800 and 81 800 In a rio
and them jerk Of his
500. The town is bein' flooded with q CHEAP lot
OF Droken-doWn cabs from Northern cities, and
they costs only about $50. Now, them rates win
put US equal with the cabs, although we has nine
or ten times as much money invested, and we gets
only the same rates. Our cost is about like this:
team, $oOO;you can't get two good horses for much
less here; carriage 81 lOO and harness. 5000 about
81 800 In all We can't live on such rates. Then
as the ery-stable men accordin' to the license
we pays, and yet they draws line between us on
the rates by 1owin them a special agreement"
SHOW do you like the south side rule?"
''Oh!" with a grOan, "that's the worst ever
seen; It's all wrong. 1t makes US go clean away
from the people to where we can't be seen, and it
"What Is this difficulty between the nverymen
and the undertakers?" the reporter asked.
rates for funeral carriages just so cents ahead Of
the regular prices, and so they makes a half
held the other night and they tried to fix it. but
don't know what they did Three dollars is
mighty little pay for funeral work, for it's so
slow, and the colored funerals is worse than the
others. Sometimes we has to be gone four or f1ve
hours, and yet we don't get no more money"
why are the funerals OF the col0red people
worse than OtherS?o
"They usually has three or four preachers and
such lot OF prayin' and then In most cases they
Is some kind OF society, with purple banners and
bonnets. TO walk ahead, and that keeps us back y
Ihen you do not approve OF the regulationsf"
said the reporter
mo, sir, we don't like EN- and we're goin' to see
II We can't have lem changed"